Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: Insights from across the Indo-Pacific

Date

Thursday 30 May 2024

Time

12:30-2pm (10:30am-12pm AEST)

Location

Online

Organised by

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Cost

Free

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW) has brought together a panel of experts to reflect on lessons learnt in the digital and NGO sectors across the Indo-Pacific to further understand the opportunities and challenges associated with Technology-Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TFGBV).

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Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is a global concern causing significant physical, psychological, social, and economic harms. Increasingly, technologies and online spaces have become powerful tools for perpetrators, but also for creative responses to prevent, address and intervene in violent behaviours.

The panel includes representatives from Meta, Black Rainbow, eSafety Australia, the University of South Pacific, DV Connect and UNFPA who will share their reflections on TFGBV, and what the future might bring in responding to TFGBV across the Indo-Pacific region.

In this webinar, attendees will:

• Learn about TFGBV and the harms associated

• Further understand the opportunities and challenges associated with TFGBV

• Gain insights from an expert panel on lessons learnt in the digital and NGO sectors across the Indo-Pacific, and what the future may bring in responding to TFGBV

• Be given the opportunity to engage with and ask questions of the panel

Panellists

• Andrew Farrell, Black Rainbow, is a lecturer in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University. Andrew is a Wodi Wodi descendant from Jerrinja Aboriginal community on the South Coast of NSW.

• Beck O’Connor, DV Connect, is the CEO for DVConnect, Qld’s state-wide domestic violence 24/7 crisis response service, sexual assault helpline and state-wide support for victims of crime. 

• Kira Osborne, Australia's eSafety Commissioner, is the Pacific Lead and oversees the growing international TFGBV workstream at Australia’s eSafety Commission (eSafety) with a focus on domestic and family violence as well as women in public spaces.

• Soropepeli Ramacake, University of the South Pacific, is an indigenous Fijian with experience in adult tertiary teaching, community work/development, working with indigenous peoples, child welfare, youth justice, social work in school, counselling, mediation, clinical supervision, and practice support and development.

• Alexandra Robinson, UNFPA, is the Technical Advisor on gender-based violence for UNFPA based in Headquarters, New York.

• Cindy Southworth, Meta, Global Head of Women’s Safety at Meta, focuses on empowering women to connect online and combating issues such as non-consensual sharing of intimate images that disproportionately impact women. 

Moderator

This event will be moderated by CEVAW Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Freya McLachlan. Her research aims to help understand perpetrators of gendered violence from an intersectional lens using mixed methodologies.

About CEVAW

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) is the world's first Centre to address the full range of forms of violence against women in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region.